Kazakh / Kazakhstani

English translation: Kazakh

09:30 Nov 21, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Geography
English term or phrase: Kazakh / Kazakhstani
What would you say is the difference between these two terms?

I'm translating a newspaper article about the country and I don't know when to use which.

Thanks!
Guillermo Urbina Valdés
United Kingdom
Selected answer:Kazakh
Explanation:
I've translated and written articles on falconry with the Kazakhs and this is how I've always said it, see also

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan

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Note added at 36 mins (2012-11-21 10:06:43 GMT)
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See also:

The Kazakhs have the dubious distinction of being the only nationality in the USSR to ... In 1925 it was renamed as the Kazakh ASSR (the people now known as Kirghiz were then ...
www.faqs.org/minorities/USSR/Kazakhs.html

The Kazakhs do not express their religious feelings fervently. Kazakhstan is on the ... petroglyphs is the world's treasure and is kept under the protection of UNESCO.
www.natcom.unesco.kz/about/about_kz.html

Blair in £16m deal with Kazakhs | The Sunday Times
TONY BLAIR has negotiated a new advisory contract with Kazakhstan that will increase the total fee for working with the regime to £16m. Critics accuse the former ...
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/People/arti...
Selected response from:

EirTranslations
Ireland
Local time: 04:13
Grading comment
Thanks :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +8Kazakh
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Answers


34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Kazakh


Explanation:
I've translated and written articles on falconry with the Kazakhs and this is how I've always said it, see also

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan

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Note added at 36 mins (2012-11-21 10:06:43 GMT)
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See also:

The Kazakhs have the dubious distinction of being the only nationality in the USSR to ... In 1925 it was renamed as the Kazakh ASSR (the people now known as Kirghiz were then ...
www.faqs.org/minorities/USSR/Kazakhs.html

The Kazakhs do not express their religious feelings fervently. Kazakhstan is on the ... petroglyphs is the world's treasure and is kept under the protection of UNESCO.
www.natcom.unesco.kz/about/about_kz.html

Blair in £16m deal with Kazakhs | The Sunday Times
TONY BLAIR has negotiated a new advisory contract with Kazakhstan that will increase the total fee for working with the regime to £16m. Critics accuse the former ...
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/People/arti...

EirTranslations
Ireland
Local time: 04:13
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: Yes: Kazakhs and Kazakhstan
7 mins
  -> thank you

agree  katsy
8 mins
  -> thanks

agree  Helen Genevier: confirmed by the WHO and Guardian&Observer style guides
14 mins
  -> thx ;)

agree  P.L.F. Persio
31 mins
  -> thank you

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
38 mins
  -> thanks gallagy2

agree  David Knowles
43 mins
  -> thank you

agree  Ashutosh Mitra
53 mins
  -> thanks

agree  Alp Berker
2 days 3 hrs
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